NIYA Notice of Dues for Iceboat Clubs

by | Oct 25, 2023 | Home Page, NIYA

Stern Steerers line up at the 2010 Northwest Regatta on Lake Winnebago. Photo: Gretchen Dorian

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NORTHWESTERN ICE YACHTING ASSOCIATION DUES NOTICE

The annual dues for each club are $20.00 for 2023-2024 payable to the Northwestern Ice Yachting Association
Mail to:
Secretary/Treasurer, Steve Schalk,
W6001 Brick Church RD, Fontana, WI 53125

New agenda Items for the 2024 meeting must be received by December 1st 2023. Please be sure to send an update if you are no longer the contact for your Club.

Northwest Ice Yachting Association Update

by | Dec 17, 2017 | Home Page, NIYA


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Via Acting NIYA Secretary Steve Schalk, documents for the 2018 NIYA regatta tentatively scheduled for January 19-21, 2018. Next update January 14, 2018.

January 19-21, 2018 is the first weekend that the regatta can be sailed IF THERE ARE CONDITIONS. The regatta will be postponed on a weekly basis until there are optimal conditions for all classes. Keep informed by visiting this website and by calling the Iceboating Regatta Message Hotline: 608-204-9876

2010 Northwest

by | May 1, 2017 | NIYA

2010 Northwest

Let’s throw it back to 2010 Northwest regatta sailed on Lake Winnebago in Oshkosh. This was the first Northwest that photographer Gretchen Dorian attended. It was a challenge to pick two photos from each fleet because there were so many good ones to choose from. The 3 day regatta was typical because we waited for wind for a day and half and had to set up two separate courses on Sunday in order to get the required number of races completed.

1994 Northwest

by | Apr 30, 2017 | NIYA

1994 Northwest

Ran across this photograph a few days ago and it’s too cool not to post. It’s the 4LIYC’s Ken Kreider in his rear seat Skeeter POON sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s. The background looks like Lake Kegonsa near Madison, WI. Back in those days, Ken was a very competitive Skeeter sailor who loved high wind sailing and his weight gave him an advantage on light air days. Ken won the ISA championship in 1988. Pat Heppert sent along a note about POON: “…this is the boat that I sailed from about 2002 to 2014. When Ken got out of the Skeeters [he] sold everything to Dave Travis in Chicago, I then bought the POON IV hull and springboard from Dave Travis. I remember grinding off all the pink within about the first week of owning it because I just couldn’t even stand looking at it. Great memories. The boat is now owned by a recreational sailor in lower Michigan, who seems to be happy with it.”

1956 Northwest

by | Apr 29, 2017 | NIYA

1956 Northwest

Here’s another vintage ice boat newsreel from British Pathé, the 1956 Northwest Regatta sailed on Geneva Lake.
Read about the regatta in this Oshkosh Daily Northwestern newspaper report from January 23, 1956.
Since we’re on the subject of the Northwest, this is a good opportunity to note that there’s a new webpage dedicated to the regatta with up to date By Laws, Sailing Instructions, Records of Regatta Winners, and Northwest Archives. Many thanks to SIBC’s Steve Schalk for helping to organize the page.